how do you know it you playing good or you are runner good ?

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how do you know it you playing good or you are runner good ?
 
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I think the simple answer is that you are playing well when you have long-term success. To win or to lose once only indicates that you won or lost, once. It is only indicative of that one moment. A single win or a single loss can not determine whether you are a consistent winner or loser. An example that comes to mind is the 1996 Chicago Bulls. This is a basketball team, in case you don't know (I'm not sure where you are from). That team holds the record for the most wins in a single NBA season. Their record was 72-10. Even though they lost ten games, no one would consider that team a "losing" team. They were a winning team, because they were able to show that they could win a large majority of their games. They had long-term success.
 
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First when you feel ok, and when you see some characteristic good cards comming!
 
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Analyze your all-in and how you played some hands, and just speak with you, i had luck when i won this all in or i was favorite matematically ?
or i made a good value bet ? i made a good call ? i made a good fold ?
hope it will helps you..
running good it's just for a time, play more weeks, months and you will see..
 
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When I am running good I am winning.
 
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when u run good you go deep in the tournaments, when u play good you can go deep in the tournament too, but you can loose play very well, for examples coolers...
 
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when i was played head up tournament, few time from just had 100 more or 200 more chips until won that tournament then that time i feel i play good ! :D
 
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It all comes down to sample size.

If you win over a small sample size, the results are insignificant. You might be a winning player, you might be a losing player or you might be a break-even player.

But if you win over a large sample size, then the results are much more significant and you can honestly consider yourself a winning player.

I'll give you an example using my own win rates:

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As you can see, I am winning at 2NL ($0.01/$0.02 blinds) but losing at 5NL ($0.02/$0.05 blinds). But does that make me a winning player at 2NL and a losing player at 5NL? Look at the sample size. I cannot say whether I am a winning, losing or break-even player at 5NL yet, since I've played under 2k hands and have only lost 640bb, whereas at 2NL, I've played 48k hands and have won 2700bb, so my 2NL win rate is much more significant/accurate than my 5NL win rate.

So my advice is to keep track of all your wins and losses and keep track of the sample size (a HUD will do this automatically). Once your sample size reaches 10k+ hands, you'll be able to (roughly) assess whether you're a winning player or not. Until then, happy grinding :)
 
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You need consistency in the long term.
 
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how do you know it you playing good or you are runner good ?

If you're not sure if it's one or the other... I'd say it's pretty obvious that you're just running good (I mean would you even have to ask if it were otherwise?)
 
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You need less luck than the average person when you play well. Also if your ahead when the money goes in .
 
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Well, sometimes bad beats is a good indicator. If you get bad beats, it means you were a favourite, so got in a situation with your best. If you keep dishing out bad beats yoursekf outdrawing others on miracle cards, then definitely you're simply running well.
 
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I think you can also be objective with your game as well. If after reviewing a number of sessions are you seeing that you are making good sound decisions? Then you are likely playing good. Are you finding that you are winning and not needing to make many decisions? You are probably running good. You can be playing good and still lose money over the short term but you will make it back in the long term.
 
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